Anime Crossover: My Online Romance is Megumi Kato

"Ok?"

Yuta Kijima paused, slightly surprised.

He knew that Kato Megumi's aura diminished her superpowers, but it wouldn't affect him. However, being ignored by his classmates during such a group activity was truly worrying.

The last person to stroll around the campus must have felt a little disappointed.

"I'm going to the equipment room to get the barriers we need for the event. Hui, would you like to come with me?" Yuta Kijima asked gently.

"Sure." Kato Megumi nodded gently, her voice soft and calm. She was bored wandering around school alone anyway, and being with Yuta actually cheered her up. "Is there anything I can help with?"

Yuta Kijima shook his head and chuckled, "That's not necessary. Megumi can just chat with me on the way."

The partition in the equipment room is a bit heavy, but he can carry it himself. It's already very kind of Hui to accompany him.

The two walked through the bustling corridor and gradually arrived at a quiet area. Perhaps because they had arrived early, no one else had come to the equipment room yet.

Soon they reached the equipment room door, where Yuta Kijima stopped and turned to remind him.

"Hui, be careful when you go in. There are a lot of things piled up inside, so please be careful."

"Or Hui, you can wait outside while I bring it out." After thinking about it, he decided that Hui shouldn't go in, since there wasn't much to see inside.

"This is my first time in the equipment room, and I'm quite curious about it..." Kato Megumi blinked and said in a gentle tone.

"……OK then."

Seeing this, Yuta Kijima didn't say anything. Apart from not touching the equipment inside, it was just a little dirty.

As the two entered the equipment room, the door hinges creaked. There was no way around it; the room was usually kept closed except when there were school events, and the air inside felt stuffy.

The room was well-lit, with a row of long, narrow windows letting in bright sunlight that illuminated the interior. Tool racks were placed throughout the room, filled with various tools and equipment, some of which hadn't been used for years.

His target this time—the barrier—was placed in a corner, next to many other pieces of equipment, covered in a layer of dust, indicating that no one had used it for a long time.

Yuta Kijima said, "Megumi, you can look around as you like, but be careful. Not many people usually come in here, and the equipment inside is quite old."

"The partition I need is over there. I'll go tidy it up first," Yuta Kijima said, pointing to a corner of the room.

"Okay." Kato Megumi nodded and began to tour the tool racks.

He walked to the barrier, squatted down, and touched it with his finger.

"This is so dirty..."

Looking at the layer of black ash on his fingers, Yuta Kijima was speechless. This was no easy task either.

If you don't want your clothes to be filthy after moving, you must wipe the edges clean first.

In an instant, Yuta Kijima understood the meaning of the "trouble" that the class monitor had mentioned.

Still careless.

Yuta Kijima shook his head, got up, found a reasonably clean rag in the equipment room, and left the room.

"Yuta? You..."

"Oh, those barriers are so dirty. I need to wipe them down before I can move them, otherwise my clothes will get dirty."

After saying that, Yuta Kijima walked out of the equipment room.

Kato Megumi nodded and slowly wandered around the room again. As expected of the school's equipment room, some of the props left over from previous activities were kept here.

She even saw some haunted house props, such as a giant plastic axe covered in red paint and a bloodstained dagger...

Kato Megumi was wandering around the room alone when she saw a strangely shaped model and was about to take a step closer to examine it when she accidentally stepped on a screw that was scattered on the ground.

Staggering, Kato Megumi noticed the scattered screws at her feet out of the corner of her eye, instantly lost her balance, and fell to the side.

"Oh no..." Kato Megumi thought to herself that something was wrong, and immediately reached out to grab a nearby equipment rack, luckily managing to steady herself.

Before she could even breathe a sigh of relief and marvel at her good luck...

The crisis continued. A metal box on the shelf, due to its placement, began to sway when she grabbed the equipment rack, and gradually started to drift away from the edge of the shelf, about to fall.

Just as the toolbox was about to fall, Yuta Kijima entered the classroom with a clean rag. As soon as he stepped into the classroom, he heard Megumi's exclamation and the chaotic noise of the equipment.

He quickly walked towards the direction from which Kato Megumi had made her voice, and saw her grab onto the equipment rack to stop herself when she lost her balance. He also saw the toolbox above Kato Megumi's head that was about to fall due to the shaking.

Seeing that Megumi was about to be in danger, Yuta Kijima rushed to her side without hesitation, shielding her with his hands and using his body to block the falling tools.

The falling toolbox hit him on the back.

A sharp pain made Yuta Kijima groan; he felt that there must be a bruise on the spot where he had been hit on the back.

"Megumi, are you alright?" Kijima Yuta looked down at Kato Megumi in his arms. Although she was unaware of what happened next, she heard a muffled thud and the sound of tools falling to the ground.

"Yu...Yuta."

Yuta Kijima's worried question brought Megumi Kato back to her senses.

She had lost her usual composure; trembling, her eyes filled with fear, she asked in a trembling, barely audible voice, "Are you alright, Yuta?"

"N-nothing...it's nothing." Kijima Yuta suppressed the throbbing pain in his back and pretended to be fine.

Kato Megumi was unaware that she was currently in Kijima Yuta's warm embrace. Hearing his perfunctory reply, she immediately became anxious and said, "How could nothing happen? The toolbox fell from such a height."

She immediately pulled away from Yuta Kijima's embrace and hurriedly tried to pull open his shirt.

Despite the pain, Kijima Yuta straightened up, coughed lightly, and stopped Kato Megumi from doing so. "I'm really fine, Megumi, you don't need to worry."

"No!" Kato Megumi gritted her teeth and insisted that he take off his clothes to see where he had been hit.

How could someone get hit and be completely unharmed?

Although she is usually easy to talk to, she can be very stubborn when she sets her mind on something.

Kijima Yuta squinted, trying not to look into her eyes. "Megumi, we're still in the equipment room."

It's the school festival time right now. What if someone else suddenly walks in and sees him with his shirt off?

"..."

A brief silence fell over the classroom.

Just when Kijima Yuta thought that Megumi was about to give up, he saw her get up and lock the door to the equipment room.

"Hurry up! Let me see where you got hit!"

After locking the door, Kato Megumi returned to Kijima Yuta and spoke with a serious expression.

Chapter 125 The Unfinished Mission

Looking at Kato Megumi's serious expression, Kijima Yuta felt as if he were seeing her for the first time.

I never expected Hui to be so persistent in her beliefs.

Thinking of this, Kijima Yuta was clearly a little embarrassed. It was obviously very embarrassing to take off his shirt and expose his back in front of Kato Megumi, but soon he heard Megumi urging him on.

"Yuta, hurry up, or someone will really be coming soon..."

Seeing that Kato Megumi had no choice but to accept her offer, Kijima Yuta had no option but to accept her kindness.

The two walked to a seat near the equipment, wiped it clean with a cloth he had just washed, and sat down.

Then he took off his coat, lifted his shirt, and turned his back to Kato Megumi.

"How are you? Are you alright?"

Although the pain was intense at the moment of being hit, it subsided after a while, as long as it didn't hurt that area.

"Yuta..."

Kato Megumi's voice abruptly stopped.

Because she saw a large, very obvious bruise on Kijima Yuta's muscular back, and if you looked closely, you could also see the obvious contusion from being hit.

If it weren't for Yuta Kijima's close protection, Megumi Kato could imagine the tragedy that would have befallen her.

"I'm sorry... Yuta..." Kato Megumi bit her lip and apologized softly.

If she could listen to Yuta and not be so curious as to enter the classroom, or not wander around aimlessly, and could watch her step carefully, then Yuta wouldn't have suffered this unnecessary harm.

"It's alright." Kijima Yuta heard Kato Megumi's slightly trembling voice and knew that she must be feeling extremely guilty at the moment, so he quickly comforted her.

"How could you be alright? You have such a large bruise on your back, and several wounds!" Kato Megumi seemed a little agitated.

A delicate hand, as beautiful as a spring breeze, reached out to Kijima Yuta's back, its slender fingers gently touching the bruised wound. The movement was extremely gentle, as if afraid of accidentally aggravating his pain.

"Sigh~"

Suddenly feeling a sharp pain, Yuta Kijima couldn't help but let out a sigh, realizing that it might not be just a bruise, but probably some bleeding.

"Oops! I'm sorry, Yuta, did I hurt you?"

Hearing Yuta Kijima's sigh, Megumi Kato quickly pulled her fingers back from his back, thinking she had touched the wound.

"No, I feel fine now..." Yuta Kijima pulled his clothes back, put on his shirt, and turned around to say seriously.

Kato Megumi's eyes were full of worry, and she hurriedly grabbed his hand. "Let's go to the infirmary now. Your skin is already broken, and if it's not properly disinfected, it might get infected!"

Even so, Yuta Kijima stopped Megumi Kato's actions and said with a wry smile, "Megumi, don't rush, let me carry these partitions back to the classroom first."

Yuta Kijima felt a warmth in his heart at Megumi's concern.

However, since he was already here, and his back injury wasn't serious enough to affect his ability to complete the task, he decided to move the partitions back to the classroom first. Going to the infirmary for disinfection would actually make it harder for him to engage in strenuous exercise.

After completing the task, I immediately asked the squad leader for leave to go home and rest.

Kato Megumi sat down again, her cheeks puffed out, her tone full of dissatisfaction: "Yuta! Let's not worry about the event now!"

"We should go to the infirmary immediately."

Yuta's behavior made her a little angry. How could he be so careless about his health for the sake of the event?

Yuta Kijima looked at Megumi's serious expression with a hint of helplessness.

Having no other choice, he stood up and struck a pose that showed off his muscles, indicating to Kato Megumi.

"Look, I'm perfectly fine now."

To reassure Hui, he even stretched his body a bit, though he managed to hide the pain that kept coming from his back.

"Yuta!"

Seeing that Yuta Kijima didn't care about his health at all, Megumi Kato immediately became anxious.

She immediately stood up and grabbed Kijima Yuta's swinging arm, her eyes showing a hint of anger.